Page 114 of His Darkest Obsession
"I don't know. But I can find out."
Amara processes this information silently. I can see the calculations running behind her eyes as she weighs my words to determine if I'm telling the truth.
"This way." I lead them both up the grand staircase.
When we reach the door to Amara's room, I turn to her again. "You have my permission to explore the mansion, but you will always be accompanied by a guard. You may choose one of your liking."
"I'll choose the woman who brought me here," she replies quickly. "What's her name again? Selana?"
A smile curves up on my lips.
"Svetlana," I correct her.
"Yeah, her." Amara nods. "If my sister trusts her enough to bring me here, then I trust her enough to keep an eye on me. Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to speak with my sister."
"Of course."
"Alone."
Without another word, I give her a single nod of acknowledgment.
Past them at the end of the hallway, Svetlana leans against the wall with her arms crossed and that sardonic grin tugging on her lips as if she's enjoying a private joke.
I tilt my head slightly in the direction of Amara's room and she responds with a nod of her own before she makes her way over.
Sisters.I shake my head as I shoulder past Svetlana.
I turn and start descending the grand staircase. Roma is still waiting in my office.
I get the feeling that this new information about an NDA is another piece of the puzzle I've been trying to solve about Indigo.
I need to understand what haunts my wife.
Whatever Bennet did to my wife, whatever he's hiding behind legal documents and threats, I will find it. And when I do, I will make him pay for every scar on Indigo's body, for every tear she's shed, for every nightmare that keeps her awake.
The NDA might be the key to finally understand why Bennet wants her dead, why she changed her name, and why she carries so much fear and guilt.
And maybe, just maybe, it's the key to truly making her mine.
"What was that about?"Roma asks as soon as I walk back into my office.
"Indigo's sister Amara." I pour myself a drink as I sit down. " Indigo had Svetlana bring her here."
Roma sets down the folder he's holding. "And you're okay with that? Bringing another outsider into this mess?"
"She's not an outsider. She's my sister-in-law. And she was being followed."
"By who?"
"The list is long and it isn't about to get any shorter." I take a long swig of vodka, letting it burn down my throat. "Not after last night."
"Right, last night." Roma rubs his temples. "What the fuck happened, Tolya? Because right now, the Volkovs are mobilizing like they're preparing for war. And I've been getting nothing but frantic calls from both Mother and Vasya all morning, begging me to talk some sense into you."
I set my glass down harder than necessary.
"Lola and her brother cornered Indigo at the gala. Threatened her. Hurt her."
Roma curses under his breath.
